Art & Culture

Style icon: David Bowie

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It’s unusual for us to feature a male syle icon, but you can’t fail to have noticed that David Bowie seems to be on everyone’s radar recently. What with the release of his new single on Tuesday (his 66th birthday)… Read More
Things We Love

OPI Drip Dry

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If you (like me) always try to do things too soon after applying nail varnish – this could be what you have been looking for. Drip Dry acts like drops which you simply just pop over your ail varnish, wait… Read More
Home & Garden

We love: Sweet Paul

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How did I not know about Sweet Paul until now? An online and printed lifestyle magazine created as a spin off of Paul Lowe’s hugely successful blog, Sweet Paul is a must for anyone looking to  “make simple, elegant meals… Read More
Art & Culture

See this: Mariko Mori

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If we have all survived the End of the World (which if you are reading this we clearly have) then its worth seeing Rebirth, the latest Royal Academy exhibition by Japanese artist Mariko Mori. The opening was time to coincide… Read More
Out & About

The Town House: Spitalfields

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Fournier Street in Spitalfields is one of my favourite London streets, home to Gilbert and George and some of London’s most exquisite Georgian houses, it was developed by the wealthy French Huguenot community who came to Spitalfields, bringing with them… Read More
Out & About

Christmas at the Design Museum

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As you would expect the Design Museum are very good at decorating their Christmas tree and this year they have enlisted the help of fashion designer Mary Katranzou. The 3m height tree incorporates patterns from her Autumn/Winter 2012 collection, was… Read More
Home & Garden

Best Christmas Crackers

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It seems even crackers have trends these days and gone are the days when you can simply pop into M & S and pick up a box without thinking – well you still can obvs, but that wouldn’t be much… Read More
Fashion & Beauty

All I want for Christmas

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Running around buying everyones else’s Christmas presents usually means you have no idea when someone asks “what do you want for Christmas?” Family members and long term partners often need a little help when it comes to choosing the right… Read More
Fashion & Beauty

Style icon: Grace Coddington

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This week Grace Coddington creative director of US Vogue came to London to promote her book, Grace: A Memoir. We went along to Browns to join the queue of journalists and bloggers clutching copies of the orange book, to meet… Read More
Home & Garden

Christmas candle inspiration

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It’s never too early to start thinking about table decorations (remember this does not make us shallow or ridiculous) and as Amanda pointed out earlier in the week, making things is actually good for our health. This simple idea from… Read More
Art & Culture

See this: Amour

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Michael Haneke’s new film, looks at the effects of ageing and dementia on a happily married couple and is probably not one to see if you are feeling down. Following the decline of an octogenarian musician after a stroke, she… Read More
Fashion & Beauty

Martin Margiela for H&M

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Not being a massive fan of shopping meant that preparing for the H&M Martin Margiela collaboration was tricky. Little did I realise I needed to seriously plan ahead, work out a strategy and have a contingency plan. For Marni at… Read More
Art & Culture

Subversive icing

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We are out and proud about our love of baking and as you know, like nothing more than a decorating opportunity. Is it possible to enjoy domesticity and still be a feminist? We think so (more of this to come)… Read More